Week 34 – 1 Game
East Record 0-1-0
At Home 0-0-0
On Road 0-1-0
Goal Differential -3
East Points 0
West Points 3

Season To Date
East Record 51-39-32
At Home 39-11-11 (61)
On Road 12-27-21 (61)
Goal Differential +45
East Points 185
West Points 149

On a PPG basis, the East in 2017 (1.52 PPG) did better than the West in 2016 (1.44 PPG). Ties were down which will inflate the PPG for both sides somewhat (and is a pretty random factor as best as I can tell). There were 30 ties in 2016 (30% of games), and only 32 in 2017 despite playing 22 additional interconference games (26% of games drew). The East PPG in 2016 was 1.26 which is slightly better than the West’s 1.22 this year.

Weeks 31-33 — 3 Games
East Record 1-2-0
At Home 1-1-0
On Road 0-1-0
Goal Differential -2
East Points 3
West Points 6Season To Date
East Record 51-38-32
At Home 39-11-11 (61)
On Road 12-26-21 (60)
Goal Differential +48
East Points 185
West Points 146

One game to go, Houston hosting Chicago. Won’t make much difference either way to this record, though it does have significant playoff positioning implications.

Week 29 – 4 Games
East Record 2-1-1
At Home 2-0-1
On Road 0-1-0
Goal Differential +5
East Points 7
West Points 4

Season To Date
East Record 48-35-31
At Home 37-10-10 (57)
On Road 11-25-21 (57)
Goal Differential +46
East Points 175
West Points 136

The East clinched the season series in Week 29. It has 13 more wins than the West with only 8 games remaining. Meanwhile, NYCFC has faltered, going 0-1-2 in its last 3 interconference games. It has a better record now against the East than the West, which would be good, but one would prefer they did it by way of a strong winning streak against the East rather than the other way around.

Week 28 – 5 Games
East Record 1-2-2
At Home 0-1-0
On Road 1-1-2
Goal Differential +1
East Points 5
West Points 8

Season To Date
East Record 46-34-30
At Home 35-10-9 (54)
On Road 11-24-21 (56)
Goal Differential +41
East Points 168
West Points 132

Still catching caught up, this includes the 1-1 draw between NYC and Colorado. NYC has 2 interconference games remaining, and the league has just 12 to go as of the purported date of this update. If the West were to win all 12 remaining games the conferences would finish even.

Week 26 – 1 Game
East Record 0-0-1
At Home 0-0-0
On Road 0-0-1
Goal Differential 0
East Points 1
West Points 1

Season To Date
East Record 42-31-26
At Home 32-8-8 (48)
On Road 10-23-18 (51)
Goal Differential +33
East Points 152
West Points 119

Red Bulls were a man up for 53 minutes and managed only a point against a struggling Dallas team, but in the East/West standings a road tie is a good result. Next week there are 6 interconference matches, five of them hosted by the East, and two of those at Yankee Stadium.

Week 23 – 4 Games
East Record 3-1-0
At Home 2-1-0
On Road 1-0-0
Goal Differential +5
East Points 9
West Points 3

Season To Date
East Record 38-28-24
At Home 29-6-8 (43)
On Road 9-22-16 (47)
Goal Differential +31
East Points 138
West Points 108

NYCFC is responsible for the East’s road win this week. NYC is now 4-2-1 against the West for 1.86 PPG. NYC is 9-5-3 for 1.77 against the East. The East overall is earning 1.53 PPG against the West. The East excluding NYC is at 1.51 PPG.